Brazil Supreme Court rejects Brumadinho victims appeal
Vale’s tailings dam failure on Jan. 25, 2019, killed 270. (
The People Affected by Dams Association (MAB) and the Popular Sovereignty in Mining (MAM), along with left political parties PT and PSOL argued that the settlement was signed without the participation of the victims and that 20,000 people who were impacted by the disaster were excluded from the deal.
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In his decision, STF minister Marco Aurelio Mello ruled that the entities should have appealed to a lower court, and did not present arguments that would require direct action by the Supreme Court.
Vale and Brazil state sign $7bn deal over Brumadinho
The dam rupture in Brumadinho occurred in January 2019. Credit: Ibama via Flickr.
Vale executives and members of the government of Minas Gerais, Brazil, signed on Thursday a R$ 37.6 billion ($7bn) deal for the reparation of the socio-economic and environmental damage caused by the Brumadinho dam collapse in 2019.
In November, the head of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais rejected the miner’s proposed settlement of around 21 billion reais ($3.97 billion).
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Minas Gerais requested 54.6 billion reals ($10.3 billion) in compensation, a figure that included relocation and the psychological damage suffered by survivors and the victims’ families.
Vale and Brazil state approach $7bn deal over Brumadinho
The Fire Brigade of Minas Gerais resumed the search in August 2020 for still missing bodies of 11 victims of the dam collapse. (Image: Ibama)
Vale has reached an agreement on a settlement for damages from the deadly Brumadinho dam disaster in January 2019, which killed 270 people.
The attorney general of Minas Gerais state, Jarbas Soares Júnior, said on Twitter that the agreement will be signed on February 4 – the value was not disclosed.
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Vale on Wednesday confirmed an agreement for the reparation of the socio-economic and socio-environmental damage caused by the dam rupture.
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Brazil: Two years after Brumadinho, Vale and Minas Gerais state have not reached an agreement and nobody was convicted
âTwo years after Brumadinho, still no convictionsâ, 25 January 2021
.Federal Police in Minas Gerais, Brazil, expect to receive the forensic report by the end of March on the cause of the tailings liquefaction that led to the dam collapse at Valeâs (NYSE: VALE) Córrego do Feijão mining complex in Brazil, which killed 270 people two years ago. The report.should have been delivered last year, but was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. âThe forensic report is the most important piece that remains to be produced for the end of the investigation,â Luiz Augusto Pessoa Nogueira, head of investigations, Federal Police, told MINING.COM. âOnly after that can we say if it was a crime of intentional homicide or omissio